Principles of Human Nutrition

Name: Principles of Human Nutrition
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ISBN: 9780632058112

ISBN-10: 0632058110

ISBN-13: 9780632058112

Edition: 2nd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Martin Eastwood

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Intended for students, this textbook explains and discusses the science of normal human nutrition during deprivation and excess availability of food. The emphasis of the book is biochemical.

Book details

List price: $85.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/2/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 690
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.70" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 3.344
Language: English



Acknowledgements



Introduction and overview



Factors influencing the food that a community eats



History of food



Social, population and environmental influences on nutrition



Calculating how much food a community eats



The food chain



Nutritional requirements



Nutritional epidemiology



Factors influencing how an individual metabolises nutrients



Genetics



Calculating the nutritional status of an individual



Evaluation of dietary intake



Measurements of energy



Body composition



Nutrients and non-nutrients



Principles, amino acids and proteins



Lipids



Carbohydrates



Dietary fibre



Alcohol as a nutrient



Vitamins



Plant secondary metabolites and herbs



Water, electrolytes, minerals and trace elements



Non-nutritive components of food



Agricultural chemicals in the food chain



Drugs and nutrition



Eating, digestion and metabolism



Smell and taste



Intake and satiety



The gastrointestinal tract and food availability



Carbohydrate digestion and absorption



Protein absorption



Lipid absorption



Foetal and placental nutrition



Thermodynamics and metabolism



Mitochondria



Cytochrome P450



Free radicals



Carbohydrate metabolism



Lipid metabolism



Eicosanoids



Cholesterol and lipoproteins



Amino acid metabolism



Amino acid neurotransmitters



Organ metabolic fuel selection



Growth



Bone



Special nutritional requirements and conditions



Pregnancy, lactation and weaning



Childhood and youth; middle age and old age



Sport



Nutrition in outer space



Dietary deficiency



Nutrition in the aetiology of disease


Index